Process of making germ and bran bread.



HENRY B, ALEXANDER, (BF LOS ANGELL-ES, CALIFORNIA, ASEZGNOR 01? ONE-HALF Ti W. H, ESDGHI'L, Gill 1053 ANGELES, GALIFORNIA.

PROCESS O1? MAKENG GERM AND BRAIN BREAD.

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To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, HENRY l3. ALEXANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angelcs, in the county of lies Angcles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Process of ll'laking Germ and Bran Bread, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the art of eaking, and the principal object of the invention is to produce a loaf of bread which will have superior characteristics to those that have heretofore been produced, and which will he made up of ingredients and by a process which has notheen previously employed l'or this purpose.

in the production of flour, from wheat it is common practice to remove the outer covering, which forms what is generally known as bran, and to remove the germ, the flour proper being); formed of the starch and gluten of the endosperm. 'lhobranis of con.- siderable value and various breads, especially that known as Graham, contain a certain percentage of bran. The germ of wheat is very nutritious, but contains a large proportion of fatty material and is extremely diastolic, so that bread having a large germ content is hard to prepare and has a decided tendency to decay, especially in hot weather,

A further object of my invention is to produce a. loaf of bread which will have a high percentage of both 'bran and germ material and which will at the same time have excellent keeping qualities,

For the purpose of making my bread. I

use a special flour having a high percentage of germ material, and I mix the bread according to ,the following formula: 'llO' pounds of special flour, 40 ounces o'l' salt, 6 ounces of compressed yeast, 3 pounds of vinegar, 52 ounces of sugar, and a sullicient quantity of water to make the above up into a dough. R will be noted that the above formula differs "from that employed in making up ordinary bread in the following partieulars: ((1.) It uses a special flour having a large percentage of bran and germ ma terial. it uses more salt than is ordinarily employed by bakers in producing, ordinary white bread. (0.) ll uses about one-third the quantity of yeast coma-lazily Patented Au. 3, llif".

Application filed Ilovcmher 9, 191%. $criai1l'o. 871,210.

employed. It employs vinegar, which, so far as I am aware, is not employed by any baker in prodi'icing ordinary bread. (.11.) it use, about twice as much sugar as is ordinarily employed in making bread. (f) it uses no grease or shortening whatsoever.

The method of making the bread is as follows; The dough is mixed and allowed to stand for two hours. It is then broken down or kneaded and allowed to stand for twenty minutes. The mass of dough is then divided into loaves, placed in pans, and allowed to stand in the pans twenty-live minutes. 1 It is then placed in a. very hot ren and baked for forty minutes. The result of the above formula and process is a loaf of bread which is very wholesome, which is fairly light, and free from the toughness found in the average whole wheat bread, which has remarkable keeping qualities, and which is very palatable.

l have found that bread made by my formula. and process is both palatable and healthful and such bread already has a large local sale. I have found that all the ing'rrdienls except perhaps the sugar are essential and that the particular process described gives excellent results. I am not positive as to the reasons "for this, out l be lieve that by using! a small amount of yeast, and by 'l'urther checking this yeast by an excess of salt, and the acetic acid of the vinegar, that l delay the fermentation so that very active and rich flour may be used.

l believe the bran is healthful largely on ac count of its action in the intestines. l have further "found that a high heat oven. is essential to the proper leaking of my bread.

claim my invention:

The process of making bread. cons sting; of mixing; a hour having, a large per: tags e a. small amount of rm material \"i an yeast. checking the action of said yeast with salt and vinegar, and baking at a. high heat.

Tn testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at lies Angeles, California, this 3rd day of November, 1914.

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